A Song For Robert Johnson chords by Melanie

Melanie - A Song For Robert Johnson


CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO: Am  Em  D  C    Am  Em  D  C    Am


Up on north to Detroit
Em               D
South down Fifty-one to Memphis
  C                  Am
A pistol in his hand
                                      Em
There's many a good man hidin' in the shadows
     D                    C                     Am
Just waitin' to give that boy six feet of land

'Little Robert Dusty'
          Em                 D
He's been stealin' hearts so easily
           C                      Am
You should hear him when he sings
                                 Em
Double dealing at the crossroads
               D
Him and his guitar, they say
C                D             Em
Something's been playin' them


CHORUS:
              A            D     Em
Feeling, down in the fingertips

Bold good feeling, woah, oh
               A          G
Like you could die for it
        D         C
And the bird that whistles
        G         D
And the bird that sings
        G              C
And the strong, strong heart beatin'
        G             D      Am
And the stretched out wings


                                Em
"Passion be a memory", she says
               D                       C             Am
Lookin' at the sheets where he used to lie with her
                                 Em
Holdin' a picture, she's livin' again
           D         C                  Am
Things she felt when he played for her



'Little Robert Dusty'
          Em                 D
He's been stealin' hearts so easily
           C                       Am
You should hear him when he sings
                                 Em
Double dealing at the crossroads
               D
Him and his guitar, they say
C                D             Em
Something's been playin' them


CHORUS:
              A            D     Em
Feeling, down in the fingertips

Bold good feeling, woah, oh
               A          G
Like you could die for it
        D         C
And the bird that whistles
        G         D
And the bird that sings
        G              C
And the strong, strong heart beatin'
        G             D     Em      A
And the stretched out wings that he made
         Am            D  C      Em
Won't so easily, won't so easily fade


    Am                       Em
The talk is, he still comes around
D                               C                      Am
Hey, from Mississippi when your road is dark as night
                                       Em
When nothing else gets to your sadness
                    D               C                 Am
He's pickin' up his guitar and he's feeling it right



'Little Robert Dusty'
         Em                 D
And they stole his heart so easily
                 C                     Am
He was singin', "All my love in vain"

Killin' at the crossroads
    Em             D
But him and his guitar, they say
C                 D             Em
Something's still playin' them


CHORUS:   (## fade to end ##)
              A            D     Em
Feeling, down in the fingertips

Bold good feeling, woah, oh
               A          G
Like you could die for it
        D         C
And the bird that whistles
        G         D
And the bird that sings
        G              C
And the strong, strong heart beatin'
        G             D    Em
And the stretched out wings  he made
A                 D     Em
Down in the fingertips

Bold good, bold good feeling, woah, oh
               A          G
Like you could die for it
        D         C
And the bird that whistles
        G         D